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 The major areas
of the Centre’s research is on macroeconomic issues of the Indian economy with
special emphasis on areas relating to public finance, industrial and labour issues,
planning and development, poverty and public policy, and urban infrastructure. The focus
of research in these areas is diversified in contents and coverage by including policy
issues and reforms at the state level, inter-state level, national level and global level.
For instance, research on industrial economics focuses on empirical estimation of the
impact of WTO agreements and policy incentives on industrial development in general and on
small-scale industries in particular, and industrial sector reforms as they are related to
public sector enterprise reforms; research on economic infrastructure focuses on higher
education, health and telecom services with special reference to financing and subsidies,
and estimation of consumer demand; research on public economics focuses on policy research
on fiscal federalism and decentralisation, and tax reforms with special reference to sales
taxation and value added taxes; research on labour economics emphasise on socio-economic
analysis of labour markets with special reference to determination of minimum wages,
valuation of life and injury risks, impact of trade unions on the compensation of job
risks, and social security for unorganised labour, research on environmental economics
deals with nexus between environment, poverty and human development, water and regional
development and economic behavior of the stakeholders and environmental policy.
The
Centre’s research is an integral aspect of the Institute’s medium term research
perspectives [2004-2010]. The key themes of the Centre’s research include Impact
of economic reforms and WTO on regional trade and industry Impact of fiscal and financial
sector reforms, Impact of reforms in utility services (telecom and power sector) on
consumer demands, on public enterprises, Analysis of labour market, employment, and wages,
Economic empowerment and social security, Process and impact of fiscal decentralisation in
Karnataka State, study of emerging sectors like IT and business process outsourcing,
Infrastructure and Regional Development.
Contact:
Centre for Economic Studies and Policy
Institute for
Social and Economic Change
Nagarabhavi, Bangalore - 560
072, India.
Tel. : 080- 23215468, 23215519
Fax : 080-23217008
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